Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States Died at the age of 100 years.

Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States and a former peanut farmer who has a government vision that It was “talented and compassionate” that propelled him into the White House. Died on Sunday (23)– According to local media, he is 100 years old.

The news was announced by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. last Sunday Carter’s death follows the passing of Rosalynn. His wife on November 1, 2023, at the age of 96, with her family by her side at the Carter home in Plains, Georgia, just days after she was admitted to Hospice.

The late former president himself was admitted to hospice care in February 2023. Carter survived for many years after he took A “small lump” was removed from his liver in early August 2015, and later that month it was announced he had liver cancer that had spread throughout his body.

The Carter family has a history of cancer. And the former president lost his father, brother and two sisters to pancreatic cancer. His mother has breast cancer. which later spread to her pancreas.

Former President Jimmy Carter will take “remaining time” at home to receive hospital care

Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. (Diana Walker/Getty Images)

Jason Carter, Carter’s grandson announced in May that he believed the former president was “coming to the end” of his life’s journey. But former presidents stayed much longer.

This soft-spoken leader with a Georgia signature sees his lone term in the Oval Office overshadowed by an economic downturn at home and a hostage crisis abroad.

His post-presidential life was marked by a marked dedication to service. But it also includes movements that sometimes cause conflict. as he continued to wade into foreign affairs. This is especially relevant to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Carter met with terrorist leaders and Palestinian Hamas representatives in 2009 and 2015. He criticized Israel for its 2014 operation against Hamas, saying, “There is no reason in the world for what Israel is doing. ”

James Earl Carter, Jr. was born in 1924 in Plains, Georgia. Plains was a farming town and Carter’s father was a farmer, a background that helped instill in him a love of the land. and working people and the lower classes who farm the land which would follow him throughout his personal and professional life.

But at first, Carter searched for a route out of the plains. and after attending the United States Naval Academy He also served as a submariner in the Navy after World War II. and finally received the rank of lieutenant.

President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter (International historical documents/International photo groups)

Carter married Rosalynn Smith, a Plains native, in 1946, the same year he graduated from the institute.

After Carter’s father died in 1953, Carter resigned from the Navy commission. and returning to his and Rosalynn’s roots in the Plains. Carter took the lead at family farm Meanwhile, Rosalynn runs a farm supply company in a small town. in the state of Georgia

It was not long, however, before Carter abandoned the fields again. This time began a political career that would see him win the country’s highest office in just 14 years.

Carter won the Georgia Senate in 1962, and after a failed gubernatorial bid in 1966, he became governor in 1971.

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Carter rose to become the national leader of the Democratic Party. and won the 1976 presidential election over President Gerald Ford amid widespread public dissatisfaction with former President Richard Nixon and a pardon that Ford extended to Nixon.

While in the White House Carter established full diplomatic relations with China. and led the negotiations for a domestic nuclear-limitation treaty with the Soviet Union. He led many conservation efforts. It shows the same love for nature as the president. Just like he did when he was a young farmer in the Plains.

Vice President Walter Mondale at that time And then-House Speaker Tip O’Neil listened as President Jimmy Carter delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress. In City Hall on January 1, November 23, 1980. (Picture Arnie Sachs/CNP/Getty)

He has cited the Panama Canal Treaty and the Camp David Accords that brought peace between Egypt and Israel as among his greatest personal achievements.

“We are focused on peace,” he told The Washington Post in 2014. “We have never fired a bullet or dropped a bomb on anyone.”

But peace is not always easy to maintain. and the perception of a lack of strength in dealing with bad actors. It likely contributed to his lopsided defeat of Ronald Reagan in 1980.

The final 14 months of his presidency were dominated by the Iran hostage crisis. After the country’s revolution The new government held 52 American hostages. Carter was unable to rescue the imprisoned Americans or negotiate their release. It was clearly an insult. Iran eventually released the 52 people after they had been detained for 444 days, the same day Carter left office.

Jimmy Carter signs the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977 on November 1, 9 Nov 1977. (Humming Pictures/International Picture Group)

Although Carter created the Department of Education and the Department of Energy, But two bureaucracies have since become popular targets for Republicans. But the nationwide energy crisis is also affecting his tenure. Images of pipelines and high oil prices were the focus of almost every late 1970s documentary or discussion.

Domestic and international troubles led Sen. Ted Kennedy to take the rare step of challenging Carter for the Democratic presidential nomination. Although Carter survived that battle, Even though it’s barely at all But he was less fortunate in November 1980, when Reagan won 44 states and the presidency.

From left to right: Former Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter. (HUM Images/International Image Group via Getty Images)

Jimmy Carter, wife Rosalynn Celebrating 75 years of marriage

Upon leaving the White House, Carter, who has authored 28 books, was named a distinguished professor at Emory University in Atlanta and founded The Carter Center, a non-profit organization focused on national public policy and international level Carter told The Associated Press that he had the “best time” of his life after founding the organization in 1982.

“This beautiful place on Earth has set moral and ethical standards that exemplify what a superpower like America should be,” Carter said of the center in October.

Recalling his hard work as a youth, Carter was often seen volunteering and fundraising for Habitat for Humanity, helping build homes for those in need.

Former President Jimmy Carter is pictured before the game between the Atlanta Falcons and Cincinnati Bengals at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on September 9, on September 30, 2018 at Atlanta (Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)

Carter also serves as a member of The Elders, a group of independent global leaders who are no longer in politics. who once held the position include President Nelson. South Africa’s Mandela Mary President Ireland’s Robinson and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

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In his spare time, Carter is a religious man who serves as a deacon at Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains. Enjoy fishing, running, and woodworking.

Carter is survived by four children, 12 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.